Leopold spitzer



L. SPITZER SHADE HOLDER.

(No Model.)

No. 487,858. Patented Dec. 13, 1892.

INVENTOI? W/ TNE SSE S ATTOHNEYJ' NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEOPOLD SPITZER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHADE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,858, dated December13, 1892.

Application filed March 19, 1892. Serial No. 4251 7 (N0 model) T0 atwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD SPITZER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

The shade-holders for petroleum-lamps, which are made of a wire frameand a sheetmetal ring for supporting the inclined stays of the frame,were heretefore shipped by nesting a dozen of the same and inclosing thesame in a box of suitable size. This was connected with considerableexpense for the pasteboard box required for this purpose.

The object of this invention is to so improve the construction of thisclass of shadeholders that the same can be packed when flattened out andtaken apart one above the other, so that they can be packed for shipmentwithout requiring a box by being simply placed in suitablewrapping-paper.

As these shade-holders are sold at a very low rate, it is important toreduce the expense of making and shipping them as much as possible. Forthis purpose my improvement consists in providing a sheet-metal ring,

on which the upper end of the shade is sup-.

ported, with grooves and means for holding and detaching the inclinedstays of wire, so that they can be connected to the sheet-metal ringwhen the shade is required for use or folded down into the plane of thelower larger ring, the sheet-metal ring being then placed on top of itsstays, whereby the shadeholder can be packed up within a much smallercompass for shipment.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved shade-holder, showing the same as suspended from a lamp-chimneyready for receiving the shade. Fig. 2 is a top view of the shadeholdershown as folded up in a position for being packed for shipment. Fig. 3is a side elevation of Fig. 2, and Figs. at, 5, 6, and 7 are details ofthe means by which the inclined wire stays are attached to thesheet-metal ring by which the upper end of the shade is supported. Figs.8 and 9 are detail views showing modifications.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a sheet-metal ring on which theupper end of the shade is supported; B, the lower ring which is made oflarger diameter than the sheet-metal ring A and made of wire.

The inclined wire stays O are provided with eyes 0' at their lower endsand pivoted by the eyes to the larger wire ring B, their upper endsbeing bent at an obtuse angle to the inclined portion and extended tosome distance above the sheet-metal ring A and then bent inwardly anddownwardly, so as to form hooks C by which the entire shadeholder issuspended from the chimney of a kerosene or other lamp. Thesuspensionhooks formed at the upwardly-extended ends of the inclinedwire stays 0 form no part of this invention, as the shade-holder mayalso be made without the same and the holder applied by any othersuitable means to the lamp-chimney. The inclined wire stays O areconnected detachably to the sheet-metal ring A, any suitable lockingdevices being used for this purpose.

In the construction shown in the drawings the lower part of thesheet-metal ring A is formed with a groove F for each wire stay 0, intowhich grooves the stays are placed, said stays being formed immediatelybelow the lower part. of the ring with a bend or shoulder 0 so as toretain the wire stay in said groove. A retaining-plate or keeper D ispivoted to the inside of the lowerpart of the sheet-metal ring A andadapted to be swung across the wire stay and to be engaged by a lug d,that is bent up from the body of the ring and that laps over the end ofthe plate or keeper D, as shown clearly in Figs. 4 to 7. The outer endof the plate or keeper D is preferably reduced in thickness, so as topass readily below the retaining-lug d, the body of the plate or keeperbeing provided with a raised central rib d, as shown in Fig. 6, so as tofacilitate the convenient taking hold and moving of the plate or keeperD into or out of engagement with the lug d. The pivoted plate or keeperD and the lug (1 together produce the rigid locking of the wire stay 0in the groove of the sheet-metal ring A, so as to prevent any accidentaldetaching of the same, the spring-action of the bent-up lug (1 servingto retain the plate or keeper D with sufficient friction, so as toprevent the playing loose of the same.

When the shade-holders are arranged for shlpment, the wire stays O aredetached from the sheet-metal ring A by swinging the pivoted plates orkeepers D into position parallel to the stays, so that the latter can beswung on the eyes at their lower ends in downward direction into theplane of the lower ring B, the sheet-metal ring being then placed on topof the inner ends of the wire stays O, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Whenfolded together in this manner, the shadeholders take up but a smallspace, so that a number of them can be readily placed one on top of theother or the wire frames be separately packed and the rings separately,as preferred. In either case they can be packed 1n paper withoutrequiring an expensive boX for protecting the same.

When the shade-holder is required for use, the wire stays O are insertedinto the sheetinetal ring Aand locked to the same by bringlng thepivoted plates or keepers D over the stays until their outer ends areengaged by the lugs d of the ring A, so as to form a strong and durableshade-holder for lamps.

In the construction shown in Figs. 8 and 9 a slot m is formed in thatpart of the ring A that is raised to form the groove F, and a latch 0 ispivoted on the ring adjacent to the said raised part. Each stay has abent or loop-shaped part 8, which fits in the slot m. The latch. 0 isthen passed through said slot and loop to lock the stay to the ring A.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1 Afolding shadeholder composed of a sheet-metal ring,a larger wire ring, inclined stays pivoted to the larger ring, and meansby which the inclined stays are attached to or detached from thesheet-metal rin g, substantially as set forth.

'2. A folding shade-holder composed of a sheet-metal ring for the upperend of the shade, a larger wire ring for the lower end of the same,inclined stays pivoted by means of eyes to the lower ring, and keeperspivoted to the sheet-metal ring and adapted to lock the inclined wirestays to the ring, substantially as set forth.

3. A folding shade-holder composed of a sheet-metal ring provided withgrooves for inclined Wire stays having eyes at their lower ends by whichthey are pivoted to the lower ring, keepers which are pivoted to thesheetmetal ring at one side of the groove, and lugs arranged at theother side of the groove and adapted to engage or release the outer endsof the keepers or plates, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- LE'OPOLD SPITZER.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CHARLES SOHROEDER.

